Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The end of a story must be stronger rather than weaker than the beginning, since it is the end which contains the denouement or culmination and which will leave the strongest impression upon the reader.
H. P. Lovecraft
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God is a verb, not a noun.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
Jim Morrison
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A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats phrases and thinks in a groove.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.
Dolly Parton
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You can say whatever you want about me, I’m not really bothered. But when it starts to upset people I care about or I hear about it from my mum, then that’s a problem.
Zayn Malik
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There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Dogs never bite me – just humans.
Marilyn Monroe
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